MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818)

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	36.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7818
Motherboard	MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '18 at 22:13
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 467 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan Xp 8,552 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 11DF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 202 Parallax 185 151% 191 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 188 Splatting 135 122% 151 fps
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 140%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 165GB free Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,784 Write 910 Mixed 1,278 292% 1,324 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 201 4K Mixed 48.7 232% 97.1 MB/s	DQ Read 469 DQ Write 391 DQ Mixed 198 212% 353 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 230%
Adata SP600 64GB 663 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35245 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 266 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10542 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 120 120 7881394487411 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 149 (C2) HDA temperature 63 63 171800985637 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	36.7% Below average	Read 324 Write 25.7 Mixed 33.5 27% 128 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 13.2 70% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 42.3 DQ Mixed 16.1 17% 27.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 645 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 84%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87 MPOWER (MS-7818) - $252

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	202x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	60x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	33x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	30x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	18x
1600 CL9 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 7,092 samples	10x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $584

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16